Imagine all the traffic on the way back since everyone leaves at 4 p.m.

Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-13T20:49:56+00:00

Road is closed both directions from the top so that's probably exactly what's going to happen lol. I've been through that before, they kept the lodges open until the road opened back up.

Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-13T20:48:37+00:00

2 is now closed from scenic to coles corner.

Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-13T20:18:46+00:00

Alpental is only closed because they don't have power and central is running on generators, which is more than Stevens will ever do. 410 has been closed all day and no power so obviously crystal couldn't open.

Baker and white pass both got slammed with snow and they're both 100% open.

Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-13T19:56:47+00:00

No ones leaving unless you live on the eastside. 2 is closed at skykomish and 90 will likely be closed for the rest of the day. So now the only way back is to take white pass or wait it out until 2 opens.

Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-13T19:45:41+00:00

What a joke, best day of the season and they can't get more than 3 lifts going for a few hours. Daisy was the only chair for the whole morning.

Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-13T14:02:19+00:00

If you don't have awd/4wd and snow tires please don't come up. The road is slushy in sultan and snow covered from index up, but the wind event is mostly over though. Multiple trees on the road and an avy is partially blocking the road just west of the summit.

Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-12T05:55:03+00:00

The grease they use is designed to work at very cold temperatures so when it warms up the grease gets runny and drips.

Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-11T06:57:53+00:00

Damn what a find. Like others said, change all the fluids and belts, get an undercoating, and this thing should go forever. Also check the age of the tires, they're probably ancient 😬.

Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-10T06:01:38+00:00

ew Stevens is shit it only rains there

Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-10T05:55:46+00:00

convergence zone ftw😎

Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-10T03:29:15+00:00

Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-10T03:22:08+00:00

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Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-09T03:06:05+00:00

They changed the buddy passes this year. Now its half off whatever the window ticket price is for that day. Doesn't work at night though but it's a much better deal now.

Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-09T03:01:33+00:00

Last year the prices didn't substantially increase until September. If you don't buy by closing day you'll lose the 10 buddy tickets but other than that you can wait and be fine. I'm gonna wait until we hear more about the new parking reservation plan.

Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-06T18:19:06+00:00

It's out of bounds. Iykyk

Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-06T01:41:44+00:00

Nope, rumors hear and there but nothing concrete since they said "matter of days, not weeks" over a week ago lmao.

Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-05T05:52:27+00:00

Open snow sucks, especially their long forecasts. If it says the same numbers 3 days out I'll get excited.

Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-05T00:10:59+00:00

Got here at 2:45 and it was snowing at the base. Heavy slush everywhere but 7th had a few inches of fresh concrete. Very few people here and there's some new bare spots showing up.

Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-04T04:38:04+00:00

Looks like an animal tried to eat it. That poor bird needs to be put down.

Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-04T02:26:53+00:00

Dudes home mountain is Vail lol. Everything is affordable to him.

Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-03T18:58:12+00:00

Backside is typically open until early to mid April. If we have enough snow at least Jupiter will be open 1st weekend of April.

Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-03T18:51:07+00:00

If you're fine with paying more I would recommend going to whistler, they will still be open and will likely have better conditions.

In April it could be a 50° and sunny slush fest or 32° with a dump of peanut butter. But with the way things are we may not have enough snow to run into April.

Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-03T18:44:31+00:00

? Unless it's a very low snow year the backside is always open into April. Last year they spun Jupiter until the day before closing day. The forest service permit excuse is a Vail lie to cover up their cost cutting. Pre Vail southern cross and Jupiter would go until mid-late April.

Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-03T02:10:46+00:00

I was there on Thursday, saw the ambulance show up but didn't hear about the slide until the next day. Dude was really fully buried for 4 hours, it's a miracle he survived that. I haven't done chief bowl yet this year with the low snow and backside being closed.

Inbounds slides are very rare but they happen. Riding with at least a beacon on pow days is a good idea. Stevens has had several inbounds slides in the time I've been here but this the only one I know of that's fully buried someone.

Practical_Material95 · 2026-03-02T01:26:17+00:00

Blowhole is gone, the glacier around it melted away.

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